When Tour Pros Get The Yips You know I have to talk about Els battle with the yips at the Masters… Some golfers have a flurry of yips, some golfers see the yips snowball and ruin a round of golf… Then there are a few golfers who get hit hard by the yips like an avalanche that haunts them throughout … Putting Yips Article>>
Are You Afraid Of Missing Putts? Do you stand over a putt and know you won’t make it? Does the image of the ball missing burst any confidence you had from putting practice? Here’s a new question that one reader asked on the putting yips survey: “How do you get rid of the feeling, when you stand over a putt, … Putting Yips Article>>
Putting Yips And Fear Of Failure Many different fears underlie the concept of fear of failure in golf… And fear of embarrassment is one of the main fears I see in golfers today. Why is fear of embarrassment such an issue with golfers who have the yips? In the yips cycle, it’s the main reason golfers tighten up and jab … Putting Yips Article>>
Why Do Some Golfers Struggle With Long Putts? Most golfers I work with struggle mostly with short putts, Why? Golfers are expected to make the short ones, right? This leads to more perceived pressure and thus more worry about missing, which leads to over control in my yips cycle model. But today, I’m talking about golfers who struggle with long … Putting Yips Article>>
How to Simplify Your Putting Mark, a golfer who had the yips wrote me last month to say that he had stopped his tinkering with putting and was putting much better… “Dr. Cohn.. amazing! I have not had the yips since you posted my comment about reading books on putting and how it triggered the yips. Somehow reading that story … Putting Yips Article>>
What to Focus on When Putting Last week, I wrote about the problems with labeling your putts. This week, I want to talk about golfers who focus too much on missing shots… When you struggle with any part of your game, the tendency is to focus more on not missing shots or putts instead of making them. Some of the … Putting Yips Article>>